Corina LaVonne

Remember when I said this? No one else was talking about this. But here we are now and MLK Day has been removed from the calendar!!

A little hope and dreaming. Love isn’t always passive, it means standing up for others and being there in times of need. ♥️ together is the way through this.

Remember - you saw what you saw. Remember- you heard what you heard.

Yes, this is exactly why I am sharing. I keep recommending the book. However, I know most won’t go read it just because some random person on the internet told them to. It’s important we see the strategy clearly, and not get sucked into the “shock” part.

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Knowing this, you can see that Shock is the current name of the game. It’s not about the executive orders it’s about shocking the public until they can actually take and implement what they really want.

(20) Klein ends the book by advocating for resistance against disaster capitalism. She encourages communities to reclaim public services, fight against corporate influence, and demand economic policies that prioritize people over profit.

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(19)… often push these policies onto developing nations, conditioning aid on economic liberalization.

5. Disaster Capitalism is a System – It’s not a one-time event but an ongoing strategy used repeatedly in different contexts.

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(18) …they require authoritarianism, propaganda, or coercion.

3. Public Wealth is Transferred to Private Hands – Industries, resources, and public services are privatized, enriching a small elite.

4. The Role of the U.S. and Global Institutions – The IMF, World Bank, and U.S. government …

(17) Core Themes

1. Crises Create Opportunities for Economic Overhauls – Governments and corporations use disasters as cover to push through radical economic policies.

2. Neoliberalism Relies on Force and Repression – These policies are rarely democratically chosen; …

(16) 8. The 2008 Financial Crisis – Bailouts for the Rich

• The collapse of Wall Street banks led to massive government bailouts for corporations while ordinary citizens lost their homes and jobs.

• Governments used the crisis to justify cuts to public spending, shifting wealth upward.

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(15) …the disaster was used as an opportunity to privatize public services, including schools.

• The public education system was replaced by charter schools, benefiting private companies at the expense of local communities.

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(14) • Public services were privatized, corporations like Halliburton and Blackwater profited massively, and Iraq’s economy was restructured to favor foreign investment.

7. Hurricane Katrina (2005) – Disaster Capitalism in the U.S.

• After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans …

(13) • Russia’s wealth was transferred into the hands of a few oligarchs, leading to extreme inequality.

6. The 2003 Iraq War – Privatizing a Nation

• After the U.S. invaded Iraq, the entire country was turned into a laboratory for neoliberalism.

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(12) • Result: A rise in poverty and economic turmoil, while a new elite class of oligarchs emerged.

5. Russia (1991) – The Rise of the Oligarchs

• After the fall of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin, with U.S. advisors, imposed radical free-market reforms.

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(11) • The UK saw mass unemployment and social unrest, but the corporate sector thrived.

4. Poland (1989) – Shock Therapy After Communism

• When communism collapsed, U.S. economists pushed a “shock therapy” approach, rapid privatization and economic liberalization. …

(10) • The goal: Suppress resistance and implement neoliberal reforms.

3. The Falklands War (1982) – Thatcher’s Use of Shock

• British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher used the Falklands War as a distraction to push privatization and austerity policies that met resistance in normal times. …

(9) 2. Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil - Military Dictatorships & Economic Shock

• Similar to Chile, these countries adopted free-market policies under military rule, often accompanied by brutal repression (kidnappings, torture, and killings).
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• The result: Widespread inequality, unemployment, and suffering for ordinary Chileans, while elites and multinational corporations profited.

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(7) • Milton Friedman and his Chicago Boys (Chilean economists trained at the University of Chicago) helped design sweeping free-market reforms, including privatization and deregulation.

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(6) Examples;

1. Chile (1973) - The Pinochet Coup
• After the U.S.-backed coup that overthrew socialist president Salvador Allende, General Augusto Pinochet took power.

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(5) who believed in minimal government intervention and free markets. Friedman and his followers saw crises as opportunities to introduce market-driven policies, and their ideas were actively implemented across the world—often through force. …

(4) In this case, societies are broken by crises, and in the aftermath, neoliberal policies are introduced under the guise of “rebuilding” or “recovery.”

She traces this doctrine back to the theories of Milton Friedman, the leading figure of the Chicago School of Economics…

Klein builds her argument around the idea that powerful elites exploit crises to push radical free-market policies that would otherwise be politically impossible.

She likens this to psychological shock therapy, where trauma is used to break a person down so they can be reshaped.

privatization, deregulation, and cuts to social spending - are typically too unpopular to be enacted under normal circumstances.

Instead, they are pushed through in times of shock. Whether due to natural disasters, economic crises, wars, or coups, when people are too overwhelmed to resist.

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein is a deeply researched critique of how free-market economic policies have been imposed on societies in crisis, often to the benefit of corporations and the wealthy elite.

Klein argues that these policies…

The Shock Doctrine - a thread.

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Re-grounding and reminding myself that Shock and Awe is the aim right now.

They want you to be confused, panicked and your nerves all haywire.

BTW I recommend everyone read “Confessions of an Economic Hitman” for more understanding how both sides have been complicit in this messed up system we have. Read the 3rd edition for China as the new “economic Hitmen”

Then read “The Shock Doctrine”

There is a woman called “The Knitting Cult Lady” on TikTok and she gives me so much hope.

She says that 🍊 is playing by a playbook of regimes that had a top down military, but our military isn’t structured that way.

She claims the military most likely WONT turn against Americans.
We shall see.

I am definitely not holding my breath for the midterms or 2028. Counting on the same system that got us here to get us out again is my new definition of insanity!